Kent County, Michigan
Streets running east and west on section lines:
These divisions apply to EACH township throughout the county. Kent County is six-townships long and four townships wide.
Every township is divided within horizontally by section lines. Each township is separated from each other by a township line except the outermost townships which border a neighboring county and are divided by a county line.
The purpose of this table is to chart the the streets running east and west along section lines for the width of the county.
Tyrone Solon Nelson Spence
Sparta Algoma Courtland Oakfield
Alpine Plainfield Cannon Grattan
Walker Grand Rapids Ada Vergennes
Wyoming Paris Cascade Lowell
Byron Gaines Caleonia Bowne
Warning: Streets stop, start, jog, are combined, re-named, vacated, go around lakes, wind up hills. Section lines do
not.6 5 4 3 2 1
7 8 9 10 11 12
18 17 16 15 14 13
19 20 21 22 23 24
30 29 28 27 26 25
31 32 33 34 35 36
The chart below lists the section numbers which lie between the roads.
NW County Corner NE County Corner
| Tyrone Twp | Solon Twp | Nelson Twp | Spencer Twp |
| 22 Mile Road | 22 Mile Road | 22 Mile Road | 22 Mile Road |
| Sec 6-5-4-3-2-1 | S 6-5-4-3-2-1 | Sec 6-5-4-3-2-1 | Sec 6-5-4-3-2-1 |
| 21 Mile Road | 21 Mile Road | 21 Mile Road | 21 Mile Road |
| Sec 7-8-9-10-11-12 | Sec 7-8-9-10-11-12 | Sec 7-8-9-10-11-12 | Sec 7-8-9-10-11-12 |
| 20 Mile Road | 20 Mile Road | 20 Mile Road | 20 Mile Road |
| Sec 18-13 | Sec 18-13 | Sec 18-13 | Sec 18-13 |
| 19 Mile Road | 19 Mile Road | 19 Mile Road | 19 Mile Road |
| Sec 19-24 | Sec 19-24 | Sec 19-24 | Sec 19-24 |
| 18 Mile Road | 18 Mile Road | 18 Mile Road | 18 Mile Road |
| Sec 30-25 | Sec 30-25 | Sec 30-25 | Sec 30-25 |
| 17 Mile Road | 17 Mile Road | 17 Mile Road | 17 Mile Road |
| Sec 31-36 | Sec 31-36 | Sec 31-36 | Sec 31--36 |
| 16 Mile Road | 16 Mile Road | 16 Mile Road | 16 Mile Road |
| Sparta Twp | Algoma Twp | Courtland Twp | Oakfield Twp |
| 16 Mile Road | 16 Mile Road | 16 Mile Road | 16 Mile Road |
| Sec 6-5-4-3-2-1 | Sec 6-5-4-3-2-1 | Sec 6-5-4-3-2-1 | Sec 6-5-4-3-2-1 |
| 15 Mile Road | 15 Mile Road | 15 Mile Road | 15 Mile Road |
| Sec 7-8-9-10-11-12 | Sec 7-8-9-10-11-12 | Sec 7-8-9-10-11-12 | Sec 7-8-9-10-11-12 |
| 14 Mile Road | 14 Mile Road | 14 Mile Road | 14 Mile Road |
| Sec 18--17-16-15-14-13 | S 18--17-16-15-14-13 | S 18--17-16-15-14-13 | S 18--17-16-15-14-13 |
| 13 Mile Road | 13 Mile Road | 13 Mile Road | 13 Mile Road |
| Sec 19-20-21-22-23-24 | S 19-20-21-22-23-24 | S 19-20-21-22-23-24 | S 19-20-21-22-23-24 |
| 12 Mile Road | 12 Mile Road | 12 Mile Road | 12 Mile Road |
| Sec 30-29-28-27-26-25 | S 30-29-28-27-26-25 | S 30-29-28-27-26-25 | S 30-29-28-27-26-25 |
| 11 Mile Road | 11 Mile Road | 11 Mile Road | 11 Mile Road |
| Sec 31-32-33-34-35-36 | S 31-32-33-34-35-36 | S 31-32-33-34-35-36 | S 31-32-33-34-35-36 |
| 10 Mile Road | 10 Mile Road | 10 Mile Road | 10 Mile Road |
| Alpine Twp | Plainfield Twp | Cannon Twp | Grattan Twp |
| 10 Mile Road | 10 Mile Road | 10 Mile Road | 10 Mile Road |
| Sec 6-5-4-3-2-1 | Sec 6-5-4-3-2-1 | Sec 6-5-4-3-2-1 | Sec 6-5-4-3-2-1 |
| 9 Mile Road | 9 Mile Road | 9 Mile Road | 9 Mile Road |
| Sec 7-8-9-10-11-12 | Sec 7-8-9-10-11-12 | Sec 7-8-9-10-11-12 | Sec 7-8-9-10-11-12 |
| 8 Mile Road | 8 Mile Road | 8 Mile Road | 8 Mile Road |
| S 18-17-16-15-14-13 | S 18-17-16-15-14-13 | S 18-17-16-15-14-13 | S 18-17-16-15-14-13 |
| 7 Mile Road | 7 Mile Road | 7 Mile Road | 7 Mile Road |
| S 19-20-21-22-23-24 | S 19-20-21-22-23-24 | S 19-20-21-22-23-24 | S 19-20-21-22-23-24 |
| 6 Mile Road | 6 Mile Road | 6 Mile Road | 6 Mile Road |
| S 30-29-28-27-26-25 | S 30-29-28-27-26-25 | S 30-29-28-27-26-25 | S 30-29-28-27-26-25 |
| 5 Mile Road | 5 Mile Road | 5 Mile Road | 5 Mile Road |
| S 31-32-33-34-35-36 | S 31-32-33-34-35-36 | S 31-32-33-34-35-36 | S 31-32-33-34-35-36 |
| 4 Mile Road | 4 Mile Road | 4 Mile Road | 4 Mile Road |
| Walker Twp | Grand Rapids Twp | Ada Twp | Vergennes Twp |
| 4 Mile Road | 4 Mile Road | 4 Mile Road | 4 Mile Road |
| Sec 6-5-4-3-2-1 | Sec 6-5-4-3-2-1 | Sec 6-5-4-3-2-1 | Sec 6-5-4-3-2-1 |
| 3 Mile Road | 3 Mile Road | 3 Mile Road | 3 Mile Road |
| Sec 7-8-9-10-11-12 | Sec 7-12 | Sec 7-8-9-10-11-12 | Sec 7-8-9-10-11-12 |
| Richmond* | Knapp | 2 Mile Road | 2 Mile Road |
| Sec 18-13 | Sec 18-13 | Sec 18-13 | Sec 18-13 |
| Leonard | Leonard | Leonard | McPherson |
| Sec 19-24 | Sec 19-24 | Sec 19-24 | Sec 19-24 |
| Bridge/Lake Mich Dr** | Michigan | Michigan/Bailey | Bailey |
| Sec 30-25 | Sec 30-25 | Sec 30-25 | Sec 30-25 |
| O'Brien/Wealthy | Wealthy | Vergennes | Vergennes |
| Sec 31-36 | Sec 31-36 | Sec 31-36 | Sec 31-36 |
| Hall | Hall | Hall | Foreman |
*
Richmond jogs so is a section line west of Oakleigh Avenue but a 1/4 section line east of Oakleigh.**
Bridge St winds uphill and then winds around to meet Lake Michigan Dr which jogs at Covell.
| Wyoming Twp | Paris Twp | Cascade Twp | Lowell Twp |
| Hall | Hall | Hall | Foreman |
| Sec 6-5-4-3-2-1 | Sec 6-5-4-3-2-1 | Sec 6-5-4-3-2-1 | Sec 6-5-4-3-2-1 |
| Burton | Burton | Bolt | West Main |
| Sec 7-8-9-10-11-12 | Sec 7-8-9-10-11-12 | Sec 7-8-9-10-11-12 | Sec 7-8-9-10-11-12 |
| 28th St | 28th St | 28th St | 28th St |
| S 18-17-16-15-14-13 | S 18-17-16-15-14-13 | S 18-17-16-15-14-13 | S 18-17-16-15-14-13 |
| 36th St | 36th St | 36th St | 36th St |
| S 19-20-21-22-23-24 | S 19-20-21-22-23-24 | S 19-20-21-22-23-24 | S 19-20-21-22-23-24 |
| 44th St | 44th St | 44th/Cascade* | Cascade |
| S 30-29-28-27-26-25 | S 30-29-28-27-26-25 | S 30-29-28-27-26-25 | S 30-29-28-27-26-25 |
| 52nd St | 52nd St | 52nd St | 52nd St |
| S 31-32-33-34-35-36 | S 31-32-33-34-35-36 | S 31-32-33-34-35-36 | S 31-32-33-34-35-36 |
| 60th St | 60th St | 60th St | 60th |
*
Cascade runs at an angle and replaces 44th St as a section line east of the Kent County airport| Byron Twp | Gaines Twp | Caledonia Twp | Bowne Twp |
| 60th | 60th | 60th | 60th |
| Sec 6-5-4-3-2-1 | Sec 6-5-4-3-2-1 | Sec 6-5-4-3-2-1 | Sec 6-5-4-3-2-1 |
| 68th | 68th | 68th | 68th |
| Sec 7-8-9-10-11-12 | Sec 7-8-9-10-11-12 | Sec 7-8-9-10-11-12 | Sec 7-8-9-10-11-12 |
| 76th | 76th | 76th | 76th |
| S 18-17-16-15-14-13 | S 18-17-16-15-14-13 | S 18-17-16-15-14-13 | S 18-17-16-15-14-13 |
| 84th | 84th | 84th | 84th |
| S 19-20-21-22-23-24 | S 19-20-21-22-23-24 | S 19-20-21-22-23-24 | S 19-20-21-22-23-24 |
| 92nd | 92nd | 92nd | 92nd |
| S 30-29-28-27-26-25 | S 30-29-28-27-26-25 | S 30-29-28-27-26-25 | S 30-29-28-27-26-25 |
| 100th | 100th | 100th | 100th |
| S 31-32-33-34-35-36 | S 31-32-33-34-35-36 | S 31-32-33-34-35-36 | S 31-32-33-34-35-36 |
| 108th | 108th | 108th | 108th |
SW County Corner SE County Corner
Article: Land Intro
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